Huge Wheat Loss Seen in Storage By Texas Firm
Senator Scott says about 35 million bushels of government owned surplus wheat rotted after Burrus Mills Inc stored it in tents in Texas and Missouri. He warns taxpayers may pay a high price to bail out banks involved, naming Arthur Eisenhower as a bank director. Burrus counters the government bears no loss. Agriculture says damages not yet determined. storage was under a Burrus guaranteed loss clause.
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N.C
Scott
D-Nc
Texas
Burrus Mills,’ Inc
Arthur Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Washington, D. C
Robert L. Farrington
Agriculture Department
Dallas
Jack P. Burrus
Milling Company
Burrus, Inc
Burrus
The
Commerce Trust Co
Kansas City
Farrington
Arthur Fisenhower
Scot
Department of Agriculture
Burrus Mills
Fort Worth
Tex
St. Joseph
Weight Loss Musical Show In Manchester Draws Crowd
A group of women in Manchester, Connecticut, from WATES have grown to 260 members after shedding two tons in 22 months. Tonight they present a musical show titled The 1956 Tons of Fun, aiming to inspire further weight loss.
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Manchester, Conn
Manchester
WATES
Assn
Kansas University ROTC promotes 64 cadets in ceremony
Three Lawrence men are among 64 Kansas University Army ROTC students promoted to cadet. Capt William F Pence commands the Cadet Corps and presided over the promotion in a ceremony at KU. The event highlighted leadership training and scholarly achievements within the ROTC program.
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Lawrence
Kansas University Army Rotc
William F. Pence
Lawrence men promoted to sergeant first class
Eugene J. ONeill of 1410 N.Y. St. Harold E. Treaster of 1404 Alumni Place and Samuel F. Stayton of 1923 Oxford Road are promoted to sergeant.
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Lawrence
Eugene J. O'Neill
N.Y. St
Harold E. Treaster
Alumni Place
Samuel F. Stayton
Oxford Road
Daylight Saving Ends Sunday Across Portions of the U S
The Associated Press reports daylight saving time ends Sunday for about 40 million Americans mainly in the Northeast. Clocks roll back from 2 a.m. to 1 a.m. with states and areas including New York New Jersey Connecticut Massachusetts New Hampshire Vermont Rhode Island most of Pennsylvania the St Louis and Chicago areas parts of Virginia near Washington DC the District of Columbia and portions of Indiana and Delaware transitioning to standard time.
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Associated Press
New York
New Jersey
Connecticut
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Vermont
Rhode Island
Pennsylvania
St. Louis
Chicago
Illneis
Virginia
Washington, D. C
District of Columbia
Indiana
Delaware
Singapore Riots Erupt as Police Fire Kill 4
Singapore reports fresh mob violence with police shooting four demonstrators dead and about eighty wounded amid a Red inspired student strike. Communist led students from Chung Cheng High School area join sit down actions protesting government bans and arrests.
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Singapore
Peoples Action Party
Chung Cheng High School
Govermment
Lawrence Social Service League a longtime United Fund group
The Lawrence Social Service League founded as Associated Charities in 1888 and chartered in 1912 operates from 909 R I St in a historic stone building. It runs a used clothing store with donation inputs, a summer canning kitchen, and a sewing room producing quilts for those in need, plus school shoe funding and glasses for needy children.
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Lawrence Social Service League
United Fund Drive
Associated Charities
Forrest ‘de Brown
T. W. Hartley
Mabel Richardson
Howard Wiseman
The
Social Service League
Lawrence
R. I. St
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Lawrence Aizens
May. Coose
Lois O. Tefft
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Social Welfare
Coune Ty
League
Gladys Johns
F. J. Boyles
Canning Kitchen
Paul Rose
Badger
United Fund
License to Steal Being Charged Here Is Social Security Dandy
In a ranting letter, a self employed worker derides Social Security as a government theft. He laments payroll deductions, cites earnings limits after 65, and questions benefits, urging older people to spend or invest rather than wait for benefits. He mocks state taxes and praises unrestricted access to funds, calling for court testing of the issue.
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Polifhcos
Rocket Ships Seen As Af Replacement
Two top Army specialists forecast that current military aircraft will be replaced by rocket driven spaceships to carry nuclear bombs or troops and gear. Dr Wernher von Braun and Maj Gen J B Medaris presented papers for the Army group conference in Huntsville Alabama. Von Braun, former German V2 designer, predicted unmanned space stations within four or five years and said electronic devices would relay vast information back to Earth.
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Association of the United States Army
Wernher von Braun
J. B. Medaris
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Army Ballistic Missile Agency
Huntsville
Ala
von Braun
US Army
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Douglas County
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Rambler Dealer
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Edythe L. Norman
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Erhart Flying Service
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Lawrence Building & Loan
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